[Book] UNIVERSAL IMMUNIZATION Medical Miracle or Masterful Mirage By Dr. Raymond Obomsawin [Book 1990, updated 1998] UNIVERSAL IMMUNIZATION Medical Miracle or Masterful Mirage By Dr. Raymond Obomsawin [One document] UNIVERSAL IMMUNIZATION Medical Miracle or Masterful Mirage By Dr. Raymond Obomsawin Book in sections below PREFACE, & ABSTRACT SECTION I: MIRACLE IN THE MAKING: REALITY OR DELUSION? Introduction EPI--Field Evaluation Experience UNICEF's General EPI Strategy and Stated Achievements Field Observations Contra-Indications Screening A Case History Vaccine Scheduling Immunization's Impact in the Declension of Infectious Diseases Incomplete Statistical Reporting The Developmental Implications of UCL/EPI Is Immunization Effectiveness a Certainty? Early Theoretical Foundations Re-Examined Artificially Induced Immunity--Reality or Delusion? An Historic Overview of the Bacterial/Viral Theory of Disease Causation The Bacterial/Viral Versus the Cellular/Ecological Theory of Infectious Disease Infectious Disease Tables I--XVIII Immunization Effectiveness Data Data on Diphtheria Data on Measles Data on Polio Data on Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Data on Tetanus Toxoid and Immune Globulin WHO Smallpox Eradication Success Reconsidered Vaccine Associated Dangers--General Observations Of What Do Vaccine Products Consist? Some Observed and Potential Adverse Effects of Spacific Vaccines and Toxoids--Diagnosable in the Short Term Extent and Nature of Observable Vaccine Damage Long Tenn (Delayed) Potential Adverse Effects of Immunization Evidences for Immunization Induced Immune Malfimction The Ethics of Universal Childhood Immunization Bane or Boon? Selective Medicine in Primary Health Care SECTION II: TOWARDS MORE APPROPRIATE PRIORITIES IN DEVELOPING WORLD PRIMARY HEALTH CARE THE REAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH Eclipsing the Spirit of Alma Ata Emerging--A More Practicable Primary Health Care Model SECTION III: A CONSIDERATION OF ALTERNATIVES TO ENSURING NATURAL IMMUNITY The Soil as Chief Determinant of Health and The Foundation of Public Health Policy Insightful Experiments Soil Re-Mineralization--A Return To Primeval Conditions Soil Dietetics and Disease Key Nutritional Measures in Preventing Infectious Disease Vitamin A Vitamin C I. Viral Infections II. Bacterial Infections III. Phagocytotic Activity IV. Conclusion A New and Better Strategy General Conclusion on Appropriate Alternatives Conclusion References FOOTNOTES TO SECTIONS I, II, AND III ANNEX 1: PROBLEMS WITH DEVELOPING WORLD MEDICALIZATION AND THE TRADITIONAL MEDICINE ALTERNATIVE The Disturbing Dilemma of Developing World Medicalization India--An Alarming Case In Point A Compelling Voice of Protest The Traditional Medicine Alternative Critical Conclusions and Directions References ANNEX II: AGROCHEMICAL AGRICULTURE--THE NEED FOR A SANER ALTERNATIVE The Dilemma of Chemical Fertilization Pesticide Poisons Biologically Sound Alternatives To Pesticides The Promise of Clean Organiculture Methods A Recent International Initiative in Clean Organiculture References